About That Missing Toolbar…Action Bar…Whatever…From the New Google Play Update

Yesterday, there was a solid complaint session discussion in our comments about the new Google Play update that is about to add a search box to the top of the main Play page, replacing the Toolbar or action bar or whatever Google is calling it today. The update was teased as a GIF in a G+ post by Kirill Grouchnikov, who works as an interface engineer on the Android team.

This morning, Grouchnikov posted another animated GIF of the new Google Play, likely in response to a growing number of comments both here and in his original post about the move away from the Toolbar. As it turns out, the Toolbar is still alive in the app, it’s just taking on a different form as the search box on the main page, but then returns as its normal self on category pages. If that makes sense. Hey, whatever! Flexibility! Or something.

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I just find the hamburger menu within the search bar a bit questionable. (Not that it matters, really, the entire concept of the hamburger menu is questionable, after all.)

psunexus

You guys realize that this is exactly how it works with the current google now right? Its been this way for a month or two. I personally like the change and I think its great for any apps that searching is one of the top things done in it.

droidrazredge

I have two words for this new Google Play animation:

Bryan Kolb

I got an update, but it didn’t include this change.

senor_heisenberg

As usual, just a bunch of dumbass babies on the internet complaining about something completely minor.